IAR Systems First Independent Tool Vendor to Support ARM Cortex A5 Core

IAR Systems recently announced support for the ARM (News - Alert) Cortex-A5 core within IAR Embedded Workbench. The company is adding to the extensive list of ARM cores which are currently being supported by IAR Embedded Workbench. This new addition is the first of the Cortex ‘A’ high performance application processor cores to benefit from the features of this comprehensive tool chain.

The ARM Cortex-A5 processor is suited to a very wide range of applications. Right from ultra low cost handsets, feature phones and smart mobile devices to pervasive embedded, consumer and industrial devices. The Cortex-A5 processor also provides a high-end migration path for existing ARM926EJ-S and ARM1176JZ-S processor designs.

In a press release, Fredrik Medin, marketing director for IAR Systems, said, "IAR Systems is highly committed to support ARM’s current and future technology. Our early support of Cortex-A5 is another example of our ability to provide developers with powerful and reliable tools, and to be in the fore front of ARM Cortex developments.”

IAR Embedded Workbench is currently one of the most widely used tool chains for ARM. The IAR Embedded Workbench is now recognized for its efficient code generation and the compiler contains low-level chip-specific optimizations that ensure a small code size while taking advantage of all the specific features of selected devices, as well as generic global optimizations.

Apart from providing extensive support for wide range of ARM devices, it also provides a wide support for hardware debug systems and RTOSes. The IAR Embedded Workbench contains configuration files, code examples and template projects to help you get going fast. The IAR Embedded Workbench is compatible with other ARM EABI compliant compilers.